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An archive of over 6000 photos from historic neighborhoods such as Bitter Lake/Broadview, Echo Lake, Haller Lake, Lago Vista, Lake City, Lake Forest Park, Monte Vista, North City, Richmond Beach, Richmond Highlands, Ronald, Wedgwood and more. The collection contains over 5000 artifacts, plus ephemera, community records, property records, local newspaper index, oral histories, scrap books and extensive clippings file.

The archive is open to the public for research on Wednesdays 10 AM to 1 PM and by appointment.  Copying is available. See Subject Catalog below for a listing of subjects available in the archives.

Browse images in Shoreline Historical Museum collection

For Lake City History Items see Seattle PI web log "The Outer Limits".

NEW Revisiting Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State - First published in 1941 as our state's contribution to the massive American Guide Series, this 2007 interactive travel guide has been reissued by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation as a contemporary version of the original Work Projects Administration (WPA)-era guidebook. The new multimedia version comes updated with current field notations, digital navigational tools, a rich collection of images and graphics, historic audio and video selections, and a colorful scrapbook of roadside Washington from the 1930s and 1940s.  The updated guidebook includes an interactive trip-planning toolkit featuring detailed directions, maps, photographs and GPS coordinates to help travelers navigate Washington's scenic back roads and byways, from Bellingham to Cathlamet, Forks to Pullman and communities in between. We have the free CD here at the Shoreline Historical Museum.  Limited quantities available. 

 

Research Subject Catalog

1.	Animals  
2.  	Architecture, Commercial
3.	Architecture, Domestic
		  1.  Wurdemann Mansion
5.	Arts and Crafts
		  1.Cookbooks
		  2. Needlework
		  3. Folk Arts
6.	Biographical
		  1.  Pioneer Families (alphabetical)
  		  2.  People of Shoreline (alphabetical)		
7.	Boats and Watercraft
		  1.  Commercial 
		  2.  Non-commercial
8.	Business and Industry
		  1.  Agriculture
			1.  Queen City Poultry Farm - Fish Family
			2.  Richmond Electric Farm
		  2.  Aurora Village
		  3.  Logging/Lumber
		  4.  Maritime
		  5.  Nurseries
		  6.  Playland
		  7.  Standard Oil/Shell/Chevron – Point Wells
		  8.  Health Care
			1.  Firland Tuberculosis Sanitarium 
			2. Other Hospitals/Care Facilities 
		  9. Grocery Stores
		 10. Northgate
		 11. General Businesses
		 12. Restaurants & Road Houses
9.	Cemeteries 
10.	Churches  (alphabetical)
11.	Cities/Neighborhoods/Counties/State/
		 1.  Ballard
		 2.  Broadview/Bitter Lake
  		 3.  Echo Lake
		 4. Green Lake
		 5. Greenwood
		 6. Haller Lake
		 7. Happy Valley
		 8. Highlands 
		 9. Innis Arden
		10. Lago Vista
		11. Lake City
		12. Lake Forest Park
		13. Maple Leaf/Meadowbrook
		14. North City
		15. Richmond Beach
		16. Richmond Highlands
		17. Ridgecrest
		18. Ronald
		19. Shoreline	
		20. Wedgwood
		21. Seattle
		22. King County
		23. Snohomish County
		24. Washington State
		25.  Woodway
			1.  History
			2.  Maps
			3.  Code Shoreline
			4.  Annexation
			5.  Courts
			6.  Electric 
			7.  Community Organizations
			8.  City Council
			9.  Post Office
		       	10.  Incorporation
         	       		11.  Fire Dept.
                       		12.  Library
                       		13.  Sewer
		       	14.  Telephone 
		       	15.  Water
		       	16.  Police Dept.
		       	17.  Garbage
		       	18.  Parks 
12.  	Clubs and Organizations
13.	Communications
14.	Community Development, growth
15. 	(category has been revised - see category 11)
16.	Ethnic Groups
17.	Historic Preservation
		  1.  Historic Sites Survey
18.	Military
19.	Natural Phenomena
20.	Recreation and Culture 
		1.  Entertainment
		2.  Golf Clubs
21.	Periodicals								 
Periodical Index
Aurora Herald			35
Aurora Shoreline Journal		 1
Beachcomber  			 5
Centennial Exhibits			12
Citizen				10
Edmonds Paper			11
Edmonds Shopper			27
Edmonds Tribune Review		29
Enterprise			  9
Evergreen Empire News  		38
Greenlake News			23
Headlines of History -PI		16
Herald				19
Highland Piper (Shorecrest High)	26
Jagwire  				40
Kolos (Shorewood High)		24
Kuay Weekly			18
Lincoln Totem (Lincoln High)		15
Miscellaneous Small Newspapers	33
North Central Outlook		31
North End Herald   			39
North Seattle Herald-Outlook 	42
Pacific				17
Richmond Beach Community News  	37
Richmond Beach Herald 		 2
Richmond Highlands Herald		32
Richmond Highlands Post		34
Seattle Post Intelligencer		20
Seattle Star 			22
Seattle Sun  			41
Shopping News			28
Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Enterprise 	 4
Shoreline News Magazine		 6
Shoreline Post			14
Shoreline Resident			13
Shoreline Tide			 8
Shoreline Today			30
Shoreline Week		   	 3
Shoreliner			25
Town Crier – Lake Forest Park	36
Victory Way Reporter		 7
Weekly (Seattle)			21
22.	Public Records
23.	Regional Events
		1.  Century 21 - Seattle World’s Fair
		2.  Bicentennial - U.S.A.
		3.  Centennial - Washington State
		4.  Sesquicentennial - King County
		5.  Washington Territorial Centennial
		6.  AYPE (Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition)
24.	Schools – Private (alphabetical)
		
25.	Schools - Public, Shoreline
		1.  Elementary (alphabetical)/Preschool
		
			1. PTA
			2. Records
			3. Year Books
			4. Ephemera
			5. Student Work
			6. Publications
			7. Personal Accounts
			8. Reunions
			9. Summer School
			10. Elections
			11. History
			12. Staff
			13. Special Education
			14. Curriculum
			15. Administration
			16. Board Meetings
		2.  Middle/Junior High 
		3.  Senior High
		4.  College
		5.  District Administration
26.	Sports
27.  	Streets
28.	Transportation, Public 
		1.  Interurban
		2.  Railroads
		3.  Rapid Transit
29.	Vehicles
30.	Women’s History
		1.  Women in Shoreline
31.	World War II
		1. War Commission Registration	
32.	Waterways
		1.  Licton Springs  
		2.  McAleer and Lyons Creek Watershed
		3.  Pipers Creek Watershed
		4.  Thornton Creek Watershed
		5.  Boeing Creek Watershed (aka Hidden Creek)
		6.  Echo Lake
		7.  Hidden Lake